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University Daily Kansan Friday, Feb. 22, 1952
Floor Plan Of New Journalism Building
European News Specialists Study American Life At KU
Five European employees of the United States Information service are visiting the University as part of a two-month investigation into the American way of life.
Included in the group is Marie Therese Barreau, a press assistant from Paris. She was born in Versailles and attended the College d'Hulst there. She joined the USIS in June, 1949, and is an assistant to the Paris press attache. She has served as an interpreter for congressmen and other important Americans touring France.
Per Amby, editor from Copenhagen, Denmark, has been with the USIS since 1946. He studied at the University of Copenhagen before becoming a correspondent for a Danish newspaper from 1942 to 1944.
He has worked for the U.S. Office of War Information in Stockholm, the Associated Press in Copenhagen, the press section of the Danish
army, and as correspondent for two Danish newspapers. He is now editor of the Daily News Bulletin and distribution expert for special features. He also is a feature writer for news pertaining to the Mutual Defense Assistance program.
Aino Niskanen, motion picture assistant from Helsinki, Finland has studied at the University of Helsinki. In September, 1946, she joined the staff of the USIS in Helsinki where she supervises the motion picture booking office.
A. Philippe Vos, chief of press publications in Bern, Switzerland, was born near Brussels, Belgium. He attended the Amsterdam "modern" college, where he specialized
in language, literature and economics.
In 1936 he became office manager for Press Wireless, first in Amsterdam, then in Bern, and in 1946, Berlin. In April, 1948, Mr. Vo joined the staff of Saffron, in the press and publication section involves contact with key figures in the Swiss press.
The fifth member of the group is Albert H. Roche, press assistant in Brussels, Belgium. He received his bachelor of science degree from the University of Grenoble.
During the first World war Mr. Roche served with the French Air force. After some experience in the press and publications field he became managing editor of the Press Association in 1927. Twelve years later he joined the staff of the French embassy's information service in Brussels.
From 1942 to 1944 Mr. Roche was general secretary of the French Red Cross in Brussels and after the war he was with the French consulate there. Since 1949 Mr. Roche has been chief of the USIS press section in Brussels.
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